HOT Nintendo DSi News Flash: A New Zelda Game Is Coming!
Zelda.
The mere mention
of the name is enough to stir up fan boys and avid gamers in a state of
frenzy. The name, after all, refers to a
franchise that has commanded respect from the video game community throughout
the years. The franchise has produced
nothing but quality games from its first installments for the Nintendo Entertainment
System to its latest chapter, the highly acclaimed The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom
Hourglass for the Nintendo DS.
Now, here’s the
best Nintendo DSi news you’ll get to hear at this point in time – a new Legend
of Zelda game is coming!
Satoru Iwata,
Nintendo’s president, addressed a large crowd during the second day of the Game
Developers Conference (GDC) 2009. And he
unleashed the biggest Nintendo DSi news to date.
Indeed, The Legend
Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is more than just a rumor now. It’s a real Nintendo DSI news piece that will
soon become a reality.
What’s it about?
Not much is known
regarding the new game in the series as of this writing, as the Nintendo’s
keynote speech at the GDC just finished a few minutes ago, but we were able to
gather the following facts that are important Nintendo DSi news for the game:
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The art style of
the game is similar to that of Phantom Hourglass, which made people think
whether or not this is a direct sequel to the said installment much like how
Phantom Hourglass was a direct sequel to the Legend of Zelda: Windwalker game
for the Nintendo GameCube.
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The game
involves trains. In the short trailer
that was shown prior to the writing of this Nintendo DSi news piece, Link – the
hero of the series – was seen assembling cannons for a train. Many speculate that the Legend of Zelda:
Spirit Tracks will employ the same mechanics as Phantom Hourglass, replacing
cannon-powered ships with cannon-powered trains instead. The focus on trains also gives meaning to the
secondary title “Spirit Tracks.”
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The game will
use the same touch-and-follow engine found in Phantom Hourglass. This is significant Nintendo DSi news for
fans of the first game!
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The game was
exhibited side-by-side with the new external storage feature for the Nintendo
DSi, leading many people to speculate that the game will make use of such a
functionality.
Surely, there will
be more Nintendo DSi news about the Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks in the
coming months. But for now, these are
all the details we can observe and infer from the short trailer that was shown
at the GDC 2009.
However, it is
enough to whet everyone’s appetite. A
new Zelda game is upon us, and for a majority of gamers, that’s the only piece
of Nintendo DSi news that matters!
